Eugene Ormandy Quotes
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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We're a nation of immigrants.
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Act because you love to act.
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Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.
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In a way, 'Like Crazy' keys into our generation, this idea of now we can still be in communication. Where do the boundaries of relationships end?
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Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
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If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?
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I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic.
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Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to win.
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Pioneer women were very tough - they had to be, because the men go off for long periods of time, and the women would have to be able to protect themselves and their homes.
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Why consider debates in the English House of Commons in 1628 along with documents on American developments in the late eighteenth century? The juxtaposition is not capricious, because the Commons during this period generated many of the ideas that were later embodied in the government of the United States.
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We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.
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We can choose a path that leads us into trouble. It all comes down to our decisions at the end of the day.
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I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings and yet depend upon the charity of a flower for life. I will be as the firefly and my light will brighten the world.
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I bring my bike to work, and I make laps around our parking lot on my lunch break.
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Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern.
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I've had a wonderful experience here at Penn State.
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Lots of entrepreneurs don't want to be hassled by a board of directors early on. The entrepreneurs want to control the company, don't want to be responsible to a board, or don't want to waste time communicating with board members. This is a classic error of thinking about the early stage board incorrectly.
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Over time, certain people don't want to go on tour, and that can easily break up a band.
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It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.
